How does an average American gun-owning citizen rationally justify his/her possession of gun(s)?

I  don't mean to offend anybody, but as far as I see, the gun is a tool of  war  and has no place in a household.

Then don't own one.


Also, from whatever studies I  have read online, having a gun doesn't necessarily protect you from  danger.

Owning a gun doesn't necessarily protect you from danger. Not owning a gun definitely doesn't protect you from danger.

It makes sense to have guns in a society with a high violent  crime rate, but USA? I just don't understand why.

Areas with high violent crime rates always see those rates drop when government makes it easier for honest citizens to purchase guns. Private ownership of guns is why we have such low crime rates now.


All that put aside,  the ease with which guns are available to the public is shocking. The  people who justify possession of guns; shouldn't they also think about  guns going into gangs or criminals, right? Shouldn't there be some sort  of regulation in guns, at least, even if its USA? All these got me to  the question?

Gun control laws have no impact on ownership of guns by criminals, because criminals (by definition) don't obey the law.

We have substantial regulation of guns already. Too much, really. Regulating gun use, as in much stiffer penalties for illegal use of guns, is much more effective and much more Constitutional.

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